British peas under threat after consumption plunges to 50-year low

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Britons' consumption of peas has slumped to a 50-year low, as less than a quarter of Gen Z view the vegetable as a British staple.

The average Briton consumed around 37g of peas per week last year, a 74 per cent drop from the 144g being eaten in 1975, data from the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs has shown.